Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Mr. Dent.
Debates of June 29th, 2000
This is page numbers 295 - 364 of the Hansard for the 14th Assembly, 3rd Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was communities.
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Committee Motion 12-13(4): Adding $650,000 To 2000-2001 Main Estimates Under The Activity Advanced Education And Careers (carried)
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can I get an estimate of when the department expects that it will advertise the new program?
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Committee Motion 12-13(4): Adding $650,000 To 2000-2001 Main Estimates Under The Activity Advanced Education And Careers (carried)
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Committee Motion 12-13(4): Adding $650,000 To 2000-2001 Main Estimates Under The Activity Advanced Education And Careers (carried)
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to move on to my other area. On Page 9-14, we have vocational rehabilitation for disabled persons. I noticed that 1998-1999 actuals, we showed $45,000 in spending. That dropped to about half of that last year, with $27,000, and I see nothing in the main estimates this year. What has happened to this program?
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Cleveland
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This program used to be cost shared with the federal government. The federal government's program was ended several years ago. We have maintained a small amount of money, which is indicated here. During the past year, this funding was used to support students who attended post-secondary institutions, but who were not in post-secondary programs in post-secondary institutions.
We have moved this funding and placed it in the income support area. We intend to continue to use the funding for that purpose in the future, even though this program does not exist any longer. Thank you.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So am I to understand that this program now has been replaced by the $5,000 program in student financial assistance?
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Cleveland
Mr. Chairman, not quite. The $5,000 that is there is for disabled students who are in post-secondary programs at post-secondary institutions. This funding is used for students who are not in post-secondary programs, but may be attending access programs and who have disabilities.
So it essentially expands, if you will, the service level, because we can now deal with students who are disabled and attending access programs. We can use the $5,000 disabled grant for students who are in post-secondary programs. Thank you.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Will we be using the same amount of money, I guess the $27,000 that we have here, has that entire amount been added to the income support program? Are we making sure that persons with disabilities are aware that this level of support is available?
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Cleveland
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, the entire amount was added and yes, we have been meeting with NGOs who work with disabled people, as well as through our regional superintendents to ensure they are aware of the program. We expect that our expenditures in this area will continue to be at about this level.
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am just having a quick look at this Oil and Gas Industry Training Strategy. I am wondering if I can ask the Minister for some clarification on a few sections. I am not sure if this thing has been tabled or if I can discuss it. So some guidance? Thank you.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have no problem if the Member wishes to ask questions on it.
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Thank you. I think we were of the understanding that $500,000 was going to be spent in year one here. I mean, we did not know how many years were in this program but we assumed this was year one of base funding, $500,000 in training. When I looked at the cost to deliver the 2000-2001 program, the total comes to $1,260,000.
So I am wondering, has the department budgeted for this $1,260,000? Where can I see that in the budget? Is this money that we are hoping to get from somewhere else? Thank you.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The funding that the Member is speaking of is not the funding we are talking about. We are talking about $500,000 in the budget. This is a proposal, but I will ask Mr. Cleveland to address this, so there is some detail provided as to what this proposal is all about. Thank you.